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Libya: no proof of foreign funds to election candidates, EU

(ANSAmed) - TRIPOLI, JULY 6 - ''We have heard rumours about
possible funds to parties sent from abroad but, since there is
no proof of this, we will not comment on the allegations', said
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Germany's European MP heading the
Libyan election assessment team.

The EU is monitoring, together with other international
observers, the first free elections in the country after four
decades.

The team is deployed in Libya's main cities including Bengasi
and Misurata but not in the South 'for security reasons' said
Lambsdorff.

''There have been reports of vandalism in some polling seats
and we have heard threats of a boycott of the vote, but what
counts is that most Libyans want a peaceful and successful
election', he said. ' This is the beginning of a path towards
democracy. Nobody expects it to be perfect, what counts is that
it is possible to vote''.(ANSAmed).